First Known Use: 15th century
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1skew
verb \ˈskyü\
: to change (something) so that it is not true or accurate
: to make (something) favor a particular group of people in a way that is unfair
Full Definition of SKEW
intransitive verb
1
: to take an oblique course
2
: to look askance
transitive verb
1
: to make, set, or cut on the skew
2
: to distort especially from a true value or symmetrical form <skewed data>
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Origin of SKEW
Middle English, to escape, run obliquely, from Anglo-French *eskiuer, eschiver to escape, avoid — more at eschew
Rhymes with SKEW
blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo
2skew
adjective
Definition of SKEW
1
: set, placed, or running obliquely : slanting
2
: more developed on one side or in one direction than another : not symmetrical
First Known Use of SKEW
1609
3skew
noun
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